Other fundamental freedoms are eroding. They're disappearing in plain sight.

America was never a democracy. Today it's more police state than free society. Unconstitutional mass surveillance is official US policy.

What Bush began, Obama accelerated. He governs secretly. His administration is the least transparent in US history.

He operates extrajudicially. He ignores constitutional law. He violated the public trust. He broke every major campaign pledge made.

He promised to end Bush/Cheney abuses. They'll be no "wiretaps without warrants," he said. Straightaway as president he authorized them. His pledges belie his policies.

"When I came into this office," he said, "I made two commitments that are more important than any commitment I made: number one to keep the American people safe, and number two to uphold the Constitution."

He's gone all out to consign it to the dustbin of history. He's done more to subvert rule of law principles than any previous US president.